“You belong with me,” said Spotify to Taylor…

Taylor Swift recently announced her highly publicized breakup with Spotify, the popular music-streaming platform. Not only has Swift denied Spotify streaming access to her new album, 1989, but she has also removed all her past albums from Spotify’s catalogue as well, leaving a Blank Space on over 19 million Spotify playlists. The reason?

Paul Sawers of The Next Web examined the discrepancy between the each side’s numbers and concluded that Spotify and Borchetta were talking about completely different things. Spotify’s projected amount was exactly that: an estimate. And, it is based on global outlook. The $2 million already paid out was collected from royalties of streaming by users from around the world. On the other hand, Borchetta’s cited number is more concrete and insular. His amount is what Swift has already been paid by Spotify in royalties based only on U.S. streams. In fact, Swift will earn somewhere between $280k-$390k for her single “Shake it off” alone.

Borchetta has also pointed to Spotify’s pay tiered structure as a potential source of discord. Spotify operates a model that starts with a basic “freemium” account. Then, users can choose to pay to upgrade their subscription to block ads, sync music across devices, or access playlists offline. Spotify believes this model better represents their listener’s current habits, which have evolved with the Internet. “We must compete with free to get [consumers’] attention in the first place.”

When the label requested that Swift’s music be restricted to only the paid-tiers, Spotify refused. Borchetta believes Spotify’s move could embarrass some fans. He projects, “if this fan went and purchased the record, CD, iTunes, whatever, and then their friends go: ‘Why did you pay for it? It’s free on Spotify,’ we’re being completely disrespectful to that superfan who wants to invest, who believes in their favorite artist.” He should’ve added, “Why you have to be so mean?”